high income
Substantial annual salary
High income describes earnings substantially above average, though the threshold varies by context.
Tax codes, economic studies, and everyday speech each draw the line differently.
Someone with a high income in rural Kansas might be middle-class in Manhattan.
The term often carries political weight in debates about taxation and inequality: High-income earners would see their rates increase under the proposal.
- wealthyHaving abundant financial resources
- affluentHaving abundant financial resources
- richHaving much of something
- upper classWealthiest societal stratum
- top earnerHighest-compensated individual
salary · earnings · luxury · luxury goods · prosperity · financial freedom · elite · executive · bonus · millionaire · upscale · fortune · comfortable · privileged · old money · six-figure · penthouse · gated community
- income levelsupper class, middle class, lower class, poverty line, poverty level
- wealth statuspoor, rich, wealthy, affluent, middle-class
- Wealth Classespoor, rich, wealthy, affluent, millionaires
- moneydollar, euro, coin, cash, pound
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- social classupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, social class
high incomelow income
Earnings below average
poverty wages · minimum wage · subsistence wages · below poverty line · low wages
high incomepoverty
Severe lack of resources
destitution · impoverishment · indigence · poor · working poor